county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of
Hunan Province
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...
. The county is bordered to the northeast by Dao County, to the southeast by
Jianghua County
Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City.
Located ...
Guanyang County
Guanyang County (; Zhuang language: ) is a county in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, bordering Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China re ...
of Guangxi. Jiangyong County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 278,715 and a permanent resident population of 240,900.the population of Jiangyong County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jiangyong County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年江永县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): yztj.gov.cn o jiangyong.gov.cn /ref> The county has 6
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an or ...
and four
ethnic townships
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
under its jurisdiction, the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US ...
is Xiaopu Town ().the divisions of Jiangyong County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jiangyong County on November 12, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意江永县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕21号) rednet.cn also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》 o /ref>